Watteau, Antoine (1684-1721) Fêtes Vénitiennes (Venetian Festivals) 1718–1719 Oil on canvas, 56.3 × 46.2 cm Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh This is a very fine example of the ‘fêtes galantes’ perfected by Watteau. He included himself as the seated musician playing a musette.…
Watteau, Antoine (1684-1721) Pèlerinage à l’île de Cythère (Pilgrimage to the Isle of Cythera) 1717 Oil on canvas, 129 × 194 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris See also: • Cythera (Greece)
Jordaens, Jacob (1593-1678) Susanna Crouching c.1640–1645 Chalk with watercolor, 28.7 x 41.9 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington
Cassatt, Mary (1844-1926) Mother Combing Her Child’s Hair c.1901 Pastel on gray paper, 64.1 x 80.3 cm Brooklyn Museum, New York
Picasso, Pablo (1881-1973) La madre (The Mother) 1901 Oil on cardboard mounted on panel, 74.9 × 52.1 cm Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis
Fantin-Latour, Henri (1836-1904) Les deux soeurs (The Two Sisters) 1859 Oil on canvas, 98.4 x 130.5 cm Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis
Allori, Alessandro (1535-1607) Ritratto di donna (Portrait of a Lady, probably Camilla Martelli de’ Medici) 1570 Oil on canvas mounted on board, 68.6 x 59.1 cm Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis
Van Gogh, Vincent (1853-1890) Head of a Peasant Woman 1884 Oil on canvas, 43.8 x 34.6 cm Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis
Van Gogh, Vincent (1853-1890) L’Escalier d’Auvers (Stairway at Auvers) 1890 Oil on canvas, 50 × 70.5 cm Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis See also: • Auvers-sur-Oise (France)
Fragonard, Jean-Honoré (1732-1806) Les blanchisseuses (The Laundresses) c.1756–1761 Oil on canvas, 73 x 61.5 cm Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis